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Re: Weapons
by bettie_x (strangersangel@hotmail.com)
on Jul 20, 2003 - 10:30 AM
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It depends on how you intend to use a knife. For intimidation value, it's not very effective, but if they aren't aware you have it and come at you and get close range a quick stick will have them thinking twice. I work with a guy that has had to use his knife quite a bit. One time in NY when a guy tried to mug him, so he reached back like he was getting his wallet, grabbed his knife and *stick* right in the neck. One other occasion was an attempted mugging at a 7-11 store at night, the guy wouldn't get out of his way, asked for his money, so he said "hey, okay, I get it. So..." pulls it out "you can get out of my way and get the fuck out of here, or I can cut your fucking throat." The guy opted for leaving. He wasn't a very good mugger anyway...
It's not so much what weapon you carry that increase your chance of defense. Any terrified woman can carry a gun in her purse, but does she have the cajones to show it, mean it, and shoot it if it comes to that? Probably not. She'll get the gun taken right out of her hand. A lot of women also carry pepperspray, IN THEIR PURSE. Nobody is going to wait while you rifle through your purse so you can blind them. As with any sort of protection, you keep yourself OUT of the situation, and if you can't, then you have it at the ready with the intention to use it.
I've been lucky enough to have been born with a big mouth. There have been several occasions that I KNEW would turn ugly if I didn't act tougher than I am. Law of nature, when you feel threatened, puff up and hope the enemy thinks your bigger than itself. Since I was always a small kid, and a small adult, I tricked myself into thinking I"m 10ft not 5'2 for self preservation, with a mouth to match. It's not the weapon or mode of self defense, it's your state of mind. Notice how some people when they are attacked make it and some dont? A child predator will continue to be a child predator until he meets that one child that simply won't stand for it, and out fights or out smarts their captor. That child posesses a state of mind that perhaps the others did not. As corny as it sounds, it's all about mindset, not how big and bad your gun is.
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